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Posted by Greg Melton on 10/21/06 06:26
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:36:12 -0400, "DK1000"
<bwana1SPAMMENOTREMOVE@lycos.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm starting a freelance venture where I will be involved in shooting short
>videos in people's homes, maybe 5 minutes each, using existing room light
>and any daylight coming in. Some houses may not have any electricity or
>available room lighting, they will be houses for sale or houses being
>rehabbed. Right now all I could afford was a consumer digital camcorder, got
>a Panasonic PV-GS59 for $315, so you can see the limited budget I'm working
>with.
>
>I can't afford pro lighting at this point, what can I get that's portable,
>that will illuminate a whole wall of a room, or the whole field of view at
>no zoom, to maybe 20 to 30 feet away if I need it for larger rooms? I
>suppose this will be some kind of floodlight? Something hopefully that will
>work on rechargeable batteries, or one of those portable DC "backpacks" that
>can be to jump start cars, but also provides 12 V DC. I thought of those
>lamps that campers wear on their heads, but I have the hunch they won't
>quite cover the area bright enough. I assume miner's/firemen's lamps are
>spot, not flood. My camcorder comes with a built-in light, but only good
>about 5 feet, and no accessory shoe.
>
>I will not be normally shooting people with this set-up, just rooms. I plan
>on putting the video on a website. I'm looking into the .flv format. I
>realize I won't have the web bandwidth to put up the uncompressed .avi file
>the camcorder makes, but at least I want it lit up enough not to show too
>much excess grain that consumer level camcorders show at normal room
>lighting levels.
>
>What are my alternatives/options. Thanks much.
>
>
Natural light is the easiest. If it's daytime, try and frame out
windows when possible. It's expectable for the windows to look blown
out at times. But then, consumer camcorders have a big problem with
heavy backlight.
Or, evening or twilight looks good as well. Maybe a china ball with a
250watt practical ($25) suspended from a c-stand or equivalent. Put a
cheap 500w to 1k (inverter) ($80) on the battery of your car (or loose
battery?) and run a heavy duty extention cord through the house
($29.95).
Hey! Sounds good on paper. Time to be the guinea pig.
Greg Melton
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